LGHTNOVELBOOK 29: To Satisfy the Hatred in His Heart!
Chu Sang had no interest in the female protagonist’s affairs. She was entirely focused on spirit stones.
The commission reward was one million spirit stones, plus the two hundred magic beast heads they had slain… Adding it all up, they could exchange for over twenty million low-grade spirit stones.
More than enough to buy a medium-grade spirit vein with good spiritual energy!
“Second Senior Brother, Seventh Senior Brother, we should go.” Chu Sang threw out a flying sword.
Calculating the time, the elders of the Eight Great Sects should be arriving soon. As for resettling civilians and rebuilding the city, those matters could be left to them.
“Chu Sang.”
Mo Qingchen called out to her, hesitating to speak.
Seeing him step forward to grab her arm, Chu Sang retreated three feet as if avoiding a snake or scorpion, her eyes widening, “Don’t come near me!”
This was the male protagonist, a deadly existence for a cannon fodder female supporting character like her. She remembered clearly that in the original story, this dog of a man had run her through with his sword.
Couldn’t they just forget the past and pretend not to know each other, going their separate ways?
Mo Qingchen frowned, not understanding why she was so agitated. They used to depend on each other for survival, and she had relied on him the most.
“…I don’t want to do anything. I just want to talk to you.” His throat was dry.
“Sorry, not interested. I’m in a hurry to reincarnate.” Chu Sang grabbed her two senior brothers and fled quickly, not giving him a chance to speak.
Qin Xixue walked over from nearby, seeing Mo Qingchen with his head lowered in sorrow. A strange feeling rose in her heart.
In her impression, the young man was always cold and aloof, rarely showing such an expression……
The corners of her lips curved into a faint smile as she said gently, “Brother Qingchen, don’t be sad. Second Senior Sister has now gone to another sect and has no more connection with us.”
“Now that she has new people around her, it’s natural for her to become distant from us……”
These two sentences seemed comforting but reminded them of the growing distance between them.
Mo Qingchen’s hand at his side tightened, then relaxed. “She has indeed changed……”
Before, she would never speak to him in such a tone, nor would she avoid him so.
Could it be that he had really done something wrong?
Qin Xixue’s eyes flickered as she took out a bottle of pills from her bosom and placed it in his palm. “Brother Qingchen, don’t think too much. You’re injured. These are top-grade Healing Spirit Pills. Take them quickly!”
Only then did Mo Qingchen remember he was injured. He said faintly, “There are only two Healing Spirit Pills. Master left them for you.”
“Your injury is more important.” Qin Xixue shook her head, her face full of concern.
Now that she and Yan Wangxing had completely fallen out, their relationship was beyond repair, and she might even face his retaliation…… The only one she could rely on now was Mo Qingchen.
The young man hesitated for a long time. For years, he had been alone, with only Qin Xixue occasionally coming to show concern for him.
The young woman drew closer, holding his arm. The scent from her body made Mo Qingchen feel a moment of familiar daze.
His expression softened unconsciously, and he finally accepted this show of affection. “Thank you.”
After a pause, he added, “I won’t tell Master about what happened today, but you must remember not to make such mistakes again.”
“I knew Senior Brother was the best.” Qin Xixue smiled sweetly.
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After receiving the reward, Chu Sang led her two senior brothers on the journey back to the sect.
Xiao Bai, small and soft, furry all over, lay on top of her head. It didn’t weigh much and was quite good at blocking the wind.
She sat cross-legged on the broad Dark Iron sword, casually taking out a few spirit stones from her qiankun bag and feeding them to Xiao Bai. She heard Tantai Ming let out a long sigh beside her, “We earned quite a lot of spirit stones on this trip, but those demon fellows are always vindictive. What if that Demon Lord comes back for revenge someday?”
“Especially you, Little Junior Sister. You’re probably at the top of that Demon Lord’s kill list? Aren’t you afraid, Little Junior Sister?”
Seeing Chu Sang still leisurely feeding her spirit beast, as steady as an old dog, Tantai Ming secretly marveled at Little Junior Sister’s courage!
“Afraid? What’s there to be afraid of? We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it!” She spoke boldly, then immediately added, “Seventh Senior Brother, do you think my Speed Talisman can outrun a Nascent Soul cultivator?”
“…Don’t worry, Little Junior Sister. I’ll protect you when the time comes!” He patted his chest, promising.
Chu Sang looked moved, but upon seeing his cultivation level, the light in her eyes dimmed again. She turned her head to look elsewhere, sighing in thought, “If I stack an enhancement talisman on top of the Speed Talisman, could I increase its speed twentyfold? That’s not a bad idea. I’ll try it when we get back!”
“Little Junior Sister, you don’t believe in me?!”
Tantai Ming felt quite hurt. “I’m going to form my golden core when we get back. From today on, I swear I’ll cultivate hard and strive to break through to Nascent Soul within ten years!”
“Ten years? By then, the grass on my grave might be taller than me.”
“Five years to Nascent Soul!” Tantai Ming changed his words.
Chu Sang turned her head back, holding up three fingers, “Three years to Nascent Soul, no more.”
“Three years to Nascent Soul, how is that possible?” He widened his puppy eyes. “In three years, I won’t even be twenty yet. In the entire cultivation world over the past ten thousand years, there’s never been a cultivator who formed a Nascent Soul before twenty!”
Chu Sang’s lips drooped, tears welling up in her eyes, “It seems I can only be hacked to pieces by those demons then.”
Tantai Ming couldn’t bear to see her like this. Gritting his teeth, he held up three fingers and swore, “Three years it is. I’ll definitely form a Nascent Soul within three years!”
Chu Sang immediately broke into a smile, giving him a high five. “It’s a deal, Senior Brother. During these three years, I’ll be supervising your studies closely. If I find out you’re slacking off again……”
Tantai Ming shuddered violently, remembering the terror of being controlled by Little Junior Sister recently. He immediately felt miserable.
How did it seem like… he had been tricked again??
Ling Yu watched his junior brother and sister joking around, unable to help smiling and shaking his head. Then in the next second, he met the young girl’s sweet and harmless smile. “……”
Why did he feel a bit uneasy?
Chu Sang: “Second Senior Brother, how many years have you been stuck at the Golden Core stage?”
“About five years, I think.” Ling Yu thought for a moment, speaking gently.
He had broken through to Golden Core at nineteen and was now at the peak of mid Golden Core.
This cultivation speed was already considered genius-level compared to the outside world, but obviously, his little junior sister wasn’t very satisfied.
“Look, Seventh Senior Brother can form a Nascent Soul in three years. Second Senior Brother, you can’t fall behind!” Chu Sang gripped one of his hands tightly. “How about this, let’s make an agreement too. Form a Nascent Soul within one year, okay?”
Ling Yu finally understood where that ominous feeling had come from earlier. Although he was at the peak of mid Golden Core now, just one step away from late Golden Core, late Golden Core was also divided into several small stages. Ordinary cultivators might take ten to a hundred years to break through, and even he would need several years of accumulation.
But faced with Little Junior Sister’s expectant and admiring gaze, he inexplicably opened his mouth,
“…Alright.”
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In the demon realm, in the palace.
Yan Wangxing suddenly opened his eyes, violently coughing up a mouthful of blood.
He stared fiercely at his hands with his blood-red eyes…… The self-destruction of his avatar had backlashed onto his true body, causing his realm to drop.
He had been just one step away from Deity Transformation, but now he had directly fallen to late Nascent Soul!
Outside the door, a demon servant announced, “My Lord, two Demon Lords have come to visit. Do you wish to receive them now?”
Yan Wangxing roared, “Get out! All of you get out!”
He wouldn’t see anyone!
If those few Demon Lords learned of his current sorry state, those fellows would probably be unable to restrain themselves.
Yan Wangxing went directly into seclusion, secretly vowing—The next time he encountered that damnable woman, he must kill her to satisfy the hatred in his heart!
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As soon as they returned to Lingqing Sect, Tantai Ming immediately went into seclusion. Ling Yu, in order to break through to Nascent Soul within a year, needed to go out for experience to break through his bottleneck. He left the sect the next morning, keeping in touch via communication jade disk if anything came up.
“So this black egg has hatched, and it’s actually the Devouring Beast that went extinct ten thousand years ago. Even I didn’t expect that.”
“By the way, have you named it?” Wen Renyue grabbed a handful of beast feed. Xiao Bai turned its head away, refusing to eat. She then reluctantly took out a few high-grade spirit stones to feed it. Only then did Xiao Bai graciously allow her to pet it a couple of times. “The name of a spirit beast or demon beast is very important. It represents the master’s sincerest hopes for it, and the spirit beast’s personality and growth direction will be influenced by it.”
Chu Sang: “Huh?” Was there such a principle?
Wen Renyue nudged her arm, speaking mysteriously, “So, what name did you give it?”
“This is your first spirit beast, a Devouring Beast. Legend says it can eat anything, powerful and mysterious. I imagine you must have given it an imposing name!”
Chu Sang rubbed her nose. “…Xiao Bai.”
“Xiao Bai?” Wen Renyue’s eyes widened.
“Ahem, it’s called Xiao Bai.” Xiao Bai, quite fittingly, nuzzled against her leg and let out a sound.
Wen Renyue silently looked at this pitch-black little thing.
No wonder the legendary aloof Devouring Beast looked so silly and sweet?
Moreover, it was clearly black all over, so why call it Xiao Bai (Little White)??
Little Junior Sister was really unreliable!
“Can the name still be changed?” Chu Sang also felt she had been a bit hasty at the time, but the answer was naturally a ruthless denial.
“But it’s okay, it doesn’t matter much. Spirit beasts awaken an innate skill at the moment of birth, and Devouring Beasts are very sensitive to various energy fluctuations, including spiritual energy and demonic energy. So they also have a nickname called treasure-seeking beasts, with treasure-seeking as their innate skill.”
Seeing her like this, Wen Renyue took out several books from her qiankun bag. “Besides awakening innate skills, spirit beasts can also awaken acquired skills.”
“The level and number of acquired skills are related to the master’s nurturing. If you want it to awaken fire control techniques, you can feed it more fire-attribute ores in daily life. For specifics, you can read through these few books more.”
As they were talking, a large mass of black clouds gathered on the mountain peak. The surrounding spiritual energy also became turbid and low, clearly different from ordinary thunderstorms.
Accompanied by a thunderous boom, a bright golden bolt of heavenly lightning struck down on a mountain peak to the right.
That was where Seventh Senior Brother was in seclusion!
The Golden Core stage tribulation consisted of three bolts of lightning.
Before this tribulation had finished, the surrounding aura changed again, and a heavenly lightning bolt as thick as an arm struck down on the mountain peak to the right.
The heavenly lightning alternated between the two sides, almost too busy to keep up.
“Sixth Senior Brother has also formed his golden core.” Chu Sang shaded her eyes with her right hand, observing from afar and sighing.
The gazes of the two followed the lightning tribulation back and forth. Since coming out of the secret realm last time, Mu Chihuai had gone into seclusion to refine pills.
After several months of seclusion, it was time for him to come out.
Wen Renyue: “Who do you think will finish their tribulation first?”
Chu Sang: “I bet on Seventh Senior Brother.”
“Then I’ll bet on Sixth Senior Brother. The tribulation for pill refiners is generally gentler than for sword cultivators.”
The two each generously bet two spirit stones.
When the lightning tribulation finished and the smoke cleared, someone finally flew out.
But it was two figures.
The two emerged almost at the same time.
However, their conditions were worlds apart.
Chu Sang recognized the handsome green-robed young man with a graceful bearing on the right as her familiar Sixth Senior Brother, but… who was that charcoal-black human-shaped jerky beside him?
“Seventh Senior Brother, you’re not… well, it’s a bit serious.” Chu Sang quickly went over and cast a cleaning spell, feeding him several spirit pills before the charcoal-roasted jerky finally returned to its original form.
Tantai Ming lay spread-eagled on the ground, half-dead.
He glared resentfully at the unscathed Mu Chihuai beside him. “It’s not fair. We both went through the Golden Core tribulation, how come you’re completely fine!”
“Life is inherently unfair.” Mu Chihuai’s gaze fell on him with pity, quite meaningful. “My parents had already prepared lightning-resistant spirit tools for me to use during the tribulation. A mere Golden Core tribulation is nothing to fear.”
Tantai Ming: “……”
Jealousy makes one’s face completely change.
“Little Junior Sister, look, what’s this?” Mu Chihuai took out a bottle of pills, smiling. “Open it and see.”
Even though she had a premonition, when Chu Sang smelled the refreshing herbal scent and rich spiritual energy from the bottle, her heart trembled violently, her fingers tightening. “Thank you, Sixth Senior Brother!”
“What are you thanking me for? This is what I should do as your senior brother. These pills should be able to repair your spirit root. Quickly take them and try.”
He stretched lazily, then yawned. “Originally, I estimated it would take two more years to form my golden core, but because I worked day and night to refine these pills, I suddenly broke through the bottleneck and formed my golden core.”
Chu Sang took the pills and sat cross-legged to meditate, letting the medicinal power slowly spread through her body.
The three beside her held their breath in anticipation.
Chu Sang closed her eyes, her divine sense looking inward, once again entering her sea of consciousness.
This time, however, she clearly saw more and more new buds growing on her fire spirit root, rapidly maturing at a visible speed. The fire spirit root was gradually regaining its original scorching color.
“Whew~”
She suddenly opened her eyes, a flash of fiery red light passing through them.
“How is it?”
The three asked anxiously.
Chu Sang smiled and said, “It worked!”
Her finger was pecked by something hard. She looked down and saw a small chick covered in yellow down.
Mu Chihuai caught the wandering chick and brought it back. “I almost forgot about this little fellow.”
“When I succeeded in refining the pill, this egg suddenly ran out and swallowed all my pill-refining fire in one gulp, then went through three lightning tribulations… I thought the egg would be cooked, but I didn’t expect it to hatch early.”
“Today is truly a day of four joys!”
Tantai Ming immediately said, “Little Junior Sister, we must celebrate tonight. Let’s have hot pot!”
Mu Chihuai rolled his eyes. “You just want to eat yourself, right?”
Wen Renyue: “I want to eat too!” After tasting Little Junior Sister’s cooking, it was unforgettable for life.
She had grown up eating Second Senior Brother’s coarse vegetables, and thought nothing of it. But after comparison, she realized what kind of food she had been eating as a child, wuwuwu.
After showing off the meal, Chu Sang dragged Tantai Ming to the back mountain. From then on, every night, the sound of ghostly wails and wolf howls could be heard endlessly.
Three months later, Chu Sang reached late Foundation Establishment.